RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN SWEDEN FROJl THE MEMORABLE UPPSALA SYliOD IN FEBRUARY 1593 TO THE ISSUANCE ON OCTOBER 23 1860 OF THE TWO ROYAL ORDIN'ANl.IES PROVIDI G FOR - GREATER RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN SWEDD A Thes1s Subn1tted to The Facui ty of the Graduate school of the univexs1ty of M1nnesota Hel'IDan Olof Olson 1n Partial Ful.f'111ment of the ReqU1rements for the Degree of Kaster of Arts 19.1$ 1 • 1 ICI ...•'' .ICC ~ CONTENTS page Bibliography • • • • • . II Preface . VIII Introduction • • • • • • • • • • . 1 survey of Religious Movements from 159S to 1688 • • • 6 The Refol'll&d • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . The catholics • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Reaction against orthodoxy • • • • • • • • • . S5 Religious Liberty for Dissenters • • • • • • . SS The Jews • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . 42 P1et1sm . 45 D1pJ>011an1sm and the sJtev1lt1ans • . • • • • . 5S The Moravtans • • • • • • • • • • • . 58 swedenborg1an1sm • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • 6S taes tad1an1sm . 67 Methodism • • • . 70 The Baptists . '15 The Janson! tes • . 81 Crying Voices . 85 Ordinances Prov1d1ng for Religious Liberty • • • • . 9S supplement (A world survey of Present cond1t1ons) • • 125 •l) ,,, tf'>'l..t'!.!) I ' .. -II- BIBLIO'G RAPHY Printed sources Acta his~or1co-ecc1esiast1ca, Weimar 1736~58. Allmanna Orcsunds-posten, Hels1ngborg 1851, 52, (The oresund Post). Anjou, L. A., Svenska Icyrkans h1stor1a ifrAn upvsaia m~te Ar 1593, Stockh. 1866, (History of the Swedish uhurch from the Uppsala Synod 1593). Bender, w., Johann Konrad Dippel. ner Fre1ge1st aus d Pietismus, Bonn l882, (John Conrad Dippel, the Free-thinker of the Age of p1et1sm). 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